Marvelous Mibs Marbles Zone

Marblenuts · Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 42 Location: Washington

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-MARBLES-ANTIQUE-TOY-CLAY-MARBLES-OLD-BENNINGTON_W0QQitemZ250200516582QQihZ015QQcategoryZ772QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Marblenuts · Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 42 Location: Washington

He now keeps the bidders ID private, and does not accept returns for auction sales.
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Ponkochan · Site Admin Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 1638

I moved this into the main forum because it's a topic that could lend itself to a current discussion. (We can always move it back to the "Pros & Cons" area later. Wink

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Now..............someone sent me a link to a discussion on Lou's board about this one and asked me what I thought. I don't know a whole lot about old clays, Benningtons, etc., but I've never seen nor heard of an "Shielded eagle on a blue bennington" before. However, it was mentioned on Lou's thread that the seller had purchased "blue ceramic glaze" in the past. Sure enough, if you look at their recent purchases, you'll see it. Here's where they bought the glaze. Looks like their $1.90 purchase has given them a good return. They've actually sold 2 of these fake "Shielded Eagles". The first one was on Dec. 18 and it sold for $256. Brad, the one that you're showing is for another one. It's smaller than the first one (that one was over 1") and this one went for $115.

I'm sure that the reason that the bidder's ID is private, is to keep folks like us from contacting the unsuspecting buyers........to keep their gravy train rolling! Laughing

It's really disgusting though, what some people will do in chasing the almighty dollar.

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tankgrrl29 · Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:16 am Post subject:

that's one big smoking gun!

where's the seller from? i wonder if local police would do anything?

edit: d'oh - guess we'd have to know who it is first...maybe we could bid on the next one, some insane amount, then get the contact info...

edit #2: - if you take the auction literally, it does look like a genuine antique bennington with an eagle on it - he just left out the part where he added the eagle recently....so has he truly committed fraud?

Marblenuts · Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 42 Location: Washington

She is guilty of both fraud and violating the Hobby Act. The part about having had it in her family since 19070 was a nice touch, she could list it in vintage handmades. She has also sold a lot or 2 of fake green bennies.

There was a 6 or 7 page discussion on this at LOM.
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RJ · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 32 Location: Southern Colorado

There was a huge discussion on LOM about this marble when it sold for for around $250. The seller was invited to the board and it got really ugly really fast Crying or Very sad

. I was surprised to see the marble relisted or another marble just like it. Not really sure what to think of this seller.
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kris7047th · Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 734 Location: Monroe,Michigan

Yep, I believe this seller is a fraud as well as several other members from LOM. The seller joined so that she could defend herself but in actuality attacked the members of the board who exsposed her. The second *marble* with the eagle emblem is smaller than the first one and signicantly FLATTER. It looks as though she took a button with the emblem and made an impression. There was another auction loaded with blue bennies and one green one. All looked suspicious.
Kris

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250200339866

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250200545241&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=015[/img]

Kraut · Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 110

Ponkochan · Site Admin Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 1638

Dutch, I think that including the seller's name is a good idea for "Google" search purposes. That's why I included the picture of her "blue glaze" purchase. Long after the auction is gone, it will show up in this thread. Laughing

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CATFISH · Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 278 Location: Montana

There was a huge blow-out between this seller and members on land of marbles tonight. It got super ugly and way out of hand.

Ponkochan · Site Admin Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 1638

I didn't realize that it had gone on as long as it had over on LOM. I had read just a few of the posts when the 1st thread got started. So I just went and finished reading the rest of it...............and all I can say is "WHEW!" Laughing

I like to give everyone the benefit of the doubt............but if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then chances are, it's a duck. The way that she responded to even the sincere attempts to exchange information about "Benningtons", was very telling. She says that her purchase of the "blue glaze" was unrelated to the "Eagle Bennington" and was for a "school project". Ok..............so even if we said, "OK, it's just a coincidence", how do you explain this tidbit that Sandy unearthed that was written about her on a Yahoo group (related to coin forgery)? Her previous ebay ID was "a6286922" before she changed to youhave2bid2win.

kris7047th · Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 734 Location: Monroe,Michigan

She is a reealll piece of work that should be brought down. That may happen in time. With her nasty insults towards the wrong people, she just may have gone too far.
Kris

roany poany · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 450 Location: area 51

Colossal windbaggery

I dunno why, but after reading that thread, I get the image in my head of a machine pooping out globs of clay and a stream of blue dye, with a little stamp of a chicken hawk stamping away at every blue clay ball.
all powered by a woman running on a treadmill and squeaking out a toot with every stride. Is anyone else getting that image in their head as well?
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Marblenuts · Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 42 Location: Washington

Nope,
I had a great description laid out and decided against posting it.

I believe most bad people will get what is coming to them. I had a client a few years back that caused me great angst and cost me thousands. He smoked and was overweight. Passed last year from prostrate cancer at 47.

Karma will catchup with this person. We are all good people and shouldn't waste precious time on a lost cause.

Let's move on to happier thoughts of real mibs at cheap prices, OK???
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sandycattzz · Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 635 Location: Wessvirginia